Lyrical Poems - Oneworld Classics Author:Alexander Pushkin For both newcomers and those familiar with his work, Pushkin's groundbreaking verse has been made available in its entirety to the English-speaking world in this new edition Although a man of many talents?novelist, dramatist, historian?it was as a poet that Pushkin saw himself first and foremost, and it is as a poet that his unique talent is mos... more »t apparent. This volume contains all of Pushkin's lyrical poetry by a wide range of translators, and charts his evolution as a writer, covering themes from love to art, religion, and philosophy in compositions such as The Monument, Night, The Demons, and The Poet. Pushkin was the first writer to embrace Russian as a literary language in its own right, as well as Russian rather than classical subjects for his poetry.« less